Family settles civil rights suit for $7.25 million 
Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: abuse, California, civil rights, confession, police, police questioning
Nearly 14 years after Stephanie Crowe was stabbed to death in her Escondido, Calif. bedroom, her family agreed to a $7.25 million settlement with the cities of Escondido and Oceanside for what one appeals court called “psychologically abusive” interrogations of the slain child’s then-teenage brother.
City settles suit alleging harassment, retaliation
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: January 4, 2011
Tags: abuse, New York, religious discrimination, religious harassment, retaliation
Yorktown, N.Y. enters 2011 having settled a long-running lawsuit alleging anti-Semitic abuse and retaliation against an employee.
Mobile-home residents to receive $3.6 million settlement from city
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: December 13, 2010
Tags: abuse, California, property management, treatment
Residents of the De Anza Cove mobile-home park have reached a $3.6 million settlement with the city of San Diego, Calif. for the poor treatment they received from a property management company hired by the city.
Suit over treatment of disabled settled for $3 million
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 16, 2010
Tags: abuse, disability, Minnesota
The state of Minnesota has agreed to pay $3 million and phase out the use of restraints to settle a lawsuit filed by the families of three adults with developmental disabilities who were improperly handcuffed at a state-run facility in Cambridge.
State settles lawsuit over woman’s accident
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: abuse, disability, Nebraska, negligent care
The state of Nebraska has settled a lawsuit that accused workers at the Beatrice State Developmental Center of waiting five days to report an accident in which the legs of a resident were broken in a fall.
Autism abuse case settled
By:
Tony Ogden
Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: abuse, autism, New York
The parents of Jonathan Carey, the 13-year-old autistic boy who died while in state care, have quietly settled their suit against a private facility the child had earlier attended.
Nursing homes, family settle wrongful death suit
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: abuse, Montana, nursing homes
A Missoula, Mont. family and two nursing homes have settled a wrongful death lawsuit that claimed adequate health care was not provided to an elderly man who died of a blood infection.
Inmate wins $80,000 after alleging abuse
By:
Justin Rebello
Published: October 8, 2009
Tags: abuse, inmate, prisoner
A federal court jury has awarded $80,000 to a former New Hampshire state prison inmate who charged that two correctional officers acted “maliciously and sadistically” after he became anxious and depressed and asked for mental health counseling.
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